Trump's Job Approval 43% in Early June

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump's job approval rating is now 43%, in the middle of the 40% to 46% range seen since early April. Although it falls short of the April 17-30 46% record-high rating of his presidency, it is significantly better than the 35% lows seen several times during his first year in office.

Trump's latest rating, from a June 3-16 Gallup poll, is statistically similar to his 40% rating in late-May. The fact that Trump is routinely registering approval ratings at or above his term average of 40% could be due to consistently low unemployment figures and a generally strong economy this year.

Despite the strong economy, Trump's approval rating remains persistently mired in the 40s. Trump's tenure has been fraught with controversy -- most recently involving his dispute with Mexico over Central American immigrants, his tough talk about a trade war with China, and his equivocation about whether he would accept damaging information about Democratic opponents for the presidency from foreign governments.

Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted June 3-16, 2019, with a random sample of 1,015 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.

Each sample of national adults includes a minimum quota of 70% cellphone respondents and 30% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by time zone within region. Landline and cellular telephone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods.